Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar | DAWN | Michael J. Kavaya (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC | Lidar | Line of Sight Wind Speed, Vector Wind Speed and Direction, Aerosol Backscattering | Vertical profile
| Conical scanning (angles: 30 deg nadir)
| 10 Hz
| 33 m
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High Altitude Lidar Observatory | HALO | Amin R. Nehrir (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8- AFRC, C-130- WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | water vapor profiles, methane columns and profiles, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | ||||||||
High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 | HSRL-2 | Johnathan W. Hair (PI) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 0.1 Hz
| 15 m
| 355 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | |||
In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde | ISAF | Glenn M. Wolfe (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WP-3D Orion - NOAA, C-130 - NSF, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC | Fluorescence | CH2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Multi-functional Fiber Laser Lidar | MFLL | Jeremy Dobler (PI) | Exelis | B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC | Lidar | Altitude | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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